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This is a beautifully performed and ideally recorded Dido, comparing favorably with the listed reference versions–except for one thing: the performance is marred by an
Don’t be deceived by the cute “Hungarian” titles: This is serious music. Colorful and tuneful, of course, but wonderfully crafted and expressively substantial. In words
This Salome in English is recommended (to those who require a Salome in English) for the spectacular leadership of Charles Mackerras and for the glorious
This outstanding Debussy series has been praised vigorously by my colleagues Jed Distler and Christophe Huss, and I can only second their enthusiasm. Bavouzet’s Debussy
The Phoenix Chorale (formerly the Phoenix Bach Choir) and its director Charles Bruffy have made some fine recordings for Chandos, and here is another. While
In his concertos Erno Dohnányi breathes the same musical air as his compatriots Bartók and Kodály. The Piano Concerto No. 2, with its grandly rhetorical
James Ehnes turns in an absolutely sensational account of Dvorák’s sunny and melodically sumptuous Violin Concerto. His warm, singing tone sounds as if made for
This newest Opera in English release from Chandos features 79 minutes of Bizet’s Pearl Fishers, which means that less than a half-hour of the opera
Richard Hickox already has recorded Carmina Burana with the LSO forces (last available on Regis). That was a version of no special distinction, and neither
Richard Hickox’s small-scaled, period-practice approach gives Schubert’s Mass in E-flat an overall lighter feel than usual. The clearly defined instrumental textures and incisive phrasing sound
